A New Yorker has been accused of stealing nearly half a million dollars from a fund meant for victims of the Boston Marathon terror attack.
Police say 26-year-old Audrea Gause collected money from One Fund Boston after claiming shed been hurt at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15. The woman allegedly provided fake documents that showed shed been admitted to a Boston hospital with a traumatic brain injury.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...mbing-victims-article-1.1403746#ixzz2ZXNbAASz
The article says $60 million has been given out to 232 people and the MA attorney general is now going to review all claims.
I saw a Dateline story on how easy it is to obtain very real looking documents for all kinds of things. Luckily someone tipped them off on this woman. Geez, so annoying but then again, why didn't someone double check with the hospital to make sure the papers were legit?